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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 May 1877)
... thinking of his life of ink and paper.
I am so tired at night that I no longer get up as early as I
would want. But that will pass and I trust I shall be able to
force myself to do it.
I hope to be at Uncle Stricker's on Whit Monday afternoon
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 May 1877)
... your nets again into the
sea.”
My head is sometimes heavy and often it burns and my
thoughts are confused - I don't see how I shall ever get that
difficult and extensive study into it - to get used to and
persevere in simple regular study after... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 July 1882)
... the better studio involuntarily urge me on. The doctor forbids
my working hard, as I still tire very easily; but this will
gradually disappear, and then I shall set to work with full
energy.
I want to reserve to myself the right of discussing with... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 10 October 1882)
... it is because of my
illness lying between. I feel quite normal now, except when I
am very tired; then I sometimes have a day or half a day when I
feel indescribably weak and faint, much more so now than
before. However, I do not pay attention to it any more, for... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 22 June 1883)
... up this time; I was absolutely
penniless. The woman had no milk to nurse the baby those last
days, and I too felt very faint. As a last effort I went in
desperation to Tersteeg. I thought, “I have nothing to
lose, perhaps it is a way to bring about... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(25 or 26 July 1883)
... oftener if you can, that must be
possible. I must go on with my work, but a feeling of
prostration overwhelms me again and again - a general
faintness, a reaction after exertion, which keeps returning,
and which I must try to overcome, otherwise it will get
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(early July 1885)
... three-quarters of it - the children.
I must go out and work - I didn't want to put off writing
any longer; I am dog-tired every day because I have to go far,
far across the heath!
I have also done some more figures.
I am very sorry to hear... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(9 April 1888)
... like striking while the iron is hot.
I shall be all in when the orchards are over, for they are
size 25 and 30 and 20 canvases. We should not have too many of
them, even if I could knock off twice as many. It seems to me
that this may really break the... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 3 May 1888)
... and
the prostration of it! Work in these magnificent natural
surroundings has restored my morale, but even now some efforts
are too much for me: my strength fails me. And that was why,
when I wrote you the other day, I said that if you left the
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